News from across the CollegeContensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.ukhttp://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/socsci/news.aspx?SyndicationType=22015-03-31T21:46:27ZStudent profile: Jose Van Oosten, MSc International DevelopmentNathan JohnsonI chose to study at Birmingham because for me it offered a great balance between being at the heart of a dynamic city, having a really large campus, a really large university with lots of activities, the politics department which I'm involved in is in the top ten of the country and of course, Birmingham is in the top three of the British University sports rankings, which is a big seller for me.2013-05-21T16:15:00Z2013-05-21T16:09:00Zhttp://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/teaching/student-profiles/postgraduate/idd/2012-13/jose-van-oosten-msc-idd.aspxBlog: Sport Under Communism – Dr Jonathan Grix discusses his new bookNathan JohnsonPOLSIS's Dr Jonathan Grix appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed this week to discuss his new book Sport under Communism: Behind the East German 'Miracle', co-authored by Mike Dennis from the University of Wolverhampton.2012-07-27T09:00:00Z2012-07-30T09:00:00Zhttp://polsis.org/2012/07/26/sport-under-communism-dr-jonathan-grix-discusses-his-new-book/Blog: Dr Jonathan Grix on the OlympicsNathan JohnsonThe Olympic Games are now less than two weeks away. In this podcast for the University of Birmingham's Ideas Lab, POLSIS's Dr Jonathan Grix discusses the Olympic 'legacy', the impact of the Games outside the capital, and parallels with the 1948 Austerity Olympics, which were also held in London.2012-07-16T09:43:00Z2012-07-16T09:38:00Zhttp://polsis.org/2012/07/16/dr-jonathan-grix-on-the-olympics/